Estimation question

Estimate the total number of millennials who own homes in the US.

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What this question tests

Estimation using generational population size and homeownership rate for a specific cohort.

Estimate the millennial population in the US, roughly those born 1981 to 1996, for example around 72 million people.
Estimate the millennial homeownership rate, known to be lower than prior generations at the same age, for example around 50 to 55 percent.
Multiply population by homeownership rate to estimate the number of millennial homeowners.
Adjust for co ownership, since some homes are owned jointly by two millennials, meaning fewer distinct households than individuals.
State the result as a range, distinguishing individual millennial homeowners from millennial owned households.

Anchors on a defensible generational population figure and applies a homeownership rate informed by real, commonly cited trends of lower millennial homeownership.
Shows the math, 72 million times 52 percent gives roughly 37 million millennial homeowners, then notes this counts individuals, not households.
Adjusts explicitly for joint ownership among couples, showing awareness that individual owner count overstates the number of distinct homes owned.

Using a generic national homeownership rate instead of one specific to the millennial cohort, known to be lower.
Not clarifying whether the answer counts individuals or households, which differ meaningfully due to co ownership.
Giving a number with no visible calculation.

How would you adjust this for regional differences in cost of living?
How would your estimate change if you focused only on millennials aged 30 to 40?